salvaguardare — Italian conjugation
to safeguard
Indicative
Present (Presente) Regular
The presente covers habits, ongoing situations, and plans about to start — much like English “I study” and “I am studying”. One present tense does both in Italian.
Lavora da casa tre giorni a settimana.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | salvaguardo | I safeguard |
| tu | salvaguardi | you safeguard |
| lui/lei | salvaguarda | he/she/it safeguards |
| noi | salvaguardiamo | we safeguard |
| voi | salvaguardate | you (pl.) safeguard |
| loro | salvaguardano | they safeguard |
Simple past (Passato remoto) Regular
The passato remoto tells a completed, narrative past, especially in the south and in literature. The passato prossimo is the normal spoken past in the north, so you choose register and region, not a difference in time alone.
Quella sera arrivò tardi, senza alibi.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | salvaguardai | I safeguarded |
| tu | salvaguardasti | you safeguarded |
| lui/lei | salvaguardò | he/she/it safeguarded |
| noi | salvaguardammo | we safeguarded |
| voi | salvaguardaste | you (pl.) safeguarded |
| loro | salvaguardarono | they safeguarded |
Imperfect (Imperfetto) Regular
The imperfetto is for incomplete past actions, context, and repeated or habitual situations without a clear end. The passato prossimo, not the remoto, is its usual “event” partner in speech.
Da bambina passavo le estati al mare.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | salvaguardavo |
| tu | salvaguardavi |
| lui/lei | salvaguardava |
| noi | salvaguardavamo |
| voi | salvaguardavate |
| loro | salvaguardavano |
Conditional (Condizionale) Regular
The condizionale is for polite “would you…”, first-condition hypotheticals, and reported future from a past point of view. The classic if-chain is se + imperfetto → condizionale.
Potresti alzare un poco la voce?
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | salvaguarderei | I would safeguard |
| tu | salvaguarderesti | you would safeguard |
| lui/lei | salvaguarderebbe | he/she/it would safeguard |
| noi | salvaguarderemmo | we would safeguard |
| voi | salvaguardereste | you (pl.) would safeguard |
| loro | salvaguarderebbero | they would safeguard |
Future (Futuro semplice) Regular
The futuro semplice is for predictions and far decisions. In speech you often hear the present (with a time adverb) or a paraphrase, and a famous trick is the futuro di probabilità for a present guess: saranno le tre.
Domani partiremo all'alba.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | salvaguarderò | I will safeguard |
| tu | salvaguarderai | you will safeguard |
| lui/lei | salvaguarderà | he/she/it will safeguard |
| noi | salvaguarderemo | we will safeguard |
| voi | salvaguarderete | you (pl.) will safeguard |
| loro | salvaguarderanno | they will safeguard |
Present perfect (Passato prossimo) Regular
The passato prossimo is the workhorse preterit-like past in the north and in everyday Italian: avere/essere + participle, essere for reflexives, motion, and other change-of-state patterns.
Siamo andati a piedi, poi abbiamo preso l'autobus.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | ho salvaguardato | I have safeguarded |
| tu | hai salvaguardato | you have safeguarded |
| lui/lei | ha salvaguardato | he/she/it has safeguarded |
| noi | abbiamo salvaguardato | we have safeguarded |
| voi | avete salvaguardato | you (pl.) have safeguarded |
| loro | hanno salvaguardato | they have safeguarded |
Pluperfect (Trapassato prossimo) Regular
The trapassato prossimo is “further in the past than another past” — the Italian pluperfect. It pairs with a main past clause to mark sequence.
Avevamo già mangiato quando suonò il telefono.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | avevo salvaguardato | I had safeguarded |
| tu | avevi salvaguardato | you had safeguarded |
| lui/lei | aveva salvaguardato | he/she/it had safeguarded |
| noi | avevamo salvaguardato | we had safeguarded |
| voi | avevate salvaguardato | you (pl.) had safeguarded |
| loro | avevano salvaguardato | they had safeguarded |
Conditional perfect (Condizionale passato) Regular
The condizionale passato is for unreal or missed past results and often appears with se + trapassato prossimo in the protasis.
Avrei accettato, se mi avessero avvisato in tempo.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | avrei salvaguardato |
| tu | avresti salvaguardato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe salvaguardato |
| noi | avremmo salvaguardato |
| voi | avreste salvaguardato |
| loro | avrebbero salvaguardato |
Future perfect (Futuro anteriore) Regular
The futuro anteriore says something will already be over before a still-later future, or, like the French, can express a logical guess about a past result.
Entro le cinque, avrà già lasciato l'ufficio.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | avrò salvaguardato | I will have safeguarded |
| tu | avrai salvaguardato | you will have safeguarded |
| lui/lei | avrà salvaguardato | he/she/it will have safeguarded |
| noi | avremo salvaguardato | we will have safeguarded |
| voi | avrete salvaguardato | you (pl.) will have safeguarded |
| loro | avranno salvaguardato | they will have safeguarded |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Regular
The congiuntivo presente is required after many verbs and fixed phrases of will, fear, purpose, and doubt. Impersonal and semi-impersonal triggers (è importante che) also force the subjunctive mood.
Penso che sia la scelta giusta.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | salvaguardi |
| tu | salvaguardi |
| lui/lei | salvaguardi |
| noi | salvaguardiamo |
| voi | salvaguardiate |
| loro | salvaguardino |
Imperfect subjunctive (Congiuntivo imperfetto) Regular
The congiuntivo imperfetto is the past of the congiuntivo system after a past matrix clause and in se + congi. imperf. → condizionale with unreal conditions.
Se avessi più tempo, viaggerei ogni mese.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | salvaguardassi |
| tu | salvaguardassi |
| lui/lei | salvaguardasse |
| noi | salvaguardassimo |
| voi | salvaguardaste |
| loro | salvaguardassero |
Other forms
Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Regular
The affirmative imperativo reuses the tu form as 3sg for -are verbs, while other conjugations use the normal tu present. It is the direct command register.
Raccontami com'è andata l'esame.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | salvaguarda |
| lui/lei | salvaguardi |
| noi | salvaguardiamo |
| voi | salvaguardate |
| loro | salvaguardino |
Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular
Negative commands use non + full infinitive in modern Italian, which is a distinctive rule compared to other Romance languages. Polite or indirect “please don’t” can still soften the tone in context.
Non aprire quella finestra, per favore.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | non salvaguardare |
| lui/lei | non salvaguardi |
| noi | non salvaguardiamo |
| voi | non salvaguardate |
| loro | non salvaguardino |